Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers may have an outstanding record and a comfortable spot atop the NFC side of the playoffs, but all is not well.

How the Packers finished the regular season in Week 17 against the Minnesota Vikings is not a good sign.

Green Bay lost, 37-34, and several weaknesses were exploited. For a team that put up 55 points the week before, the Packers are wildly inconsistent and in danger of being bounced from the playoffs early.

The NFC is amazingly good from top to bottom this year, and the team that just beat up on the Packers in Week 17 is but one team that the Packers could encounter in the postseason.

When Green Bay is on, they are a tough team to beat. However, the Packers are not consistent enough, which makes them vulnerable.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans went from being the No. 1 seed on the AFC side of the playoffs to having to play in the Wild Card Round against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Houston has lost its last two contests against the Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts, respectively. The team has no momentum at all heading into the showdown.

A bye week would have helped, but the Texans lost that right.

The Texans have a variety of problems. Most notably, their star offensive weapon, Arian Foster, is exhausted, thanks to being over-used. Defensively, the secondary has been playing flat-out horrible and is costing the team games.

Houston is flat. Do not be at all shocked when they come out and lay an egg in the first round of the playoffs.